as in buried
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea
Forest Lawn is where many of Tinseltown's immortals are tombed for all eternity
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As the lore goes, King’s daughter’s cat was struck by a truck and buried on a hill behind the house, inspiring the plot for his 1983 novel Pet Sematary.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
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Then, a flash flood buried the bodies in sediment.—
Amanda Schupak,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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She was later interred at Fairview Cemetery.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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Navy personnel collected the remains of the fallen sailors from December 1941 to April 1942, which were interred in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries, the statement said.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Tombed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tombed. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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